Moreno's Seventh-Inning Sac Fly Lifts Arizona Past Washington, 3-2

Gabriel Moreno's sacrifice fly to left in the seventh inning scored Ketel Marte with what proved to be the winning run, giving Arizona a 3-2 final over Washington. Dylan Crews had erased a two-run deficit with a 405-foot homer to left center in the fourth, but the Diamondbacks answered and didn't look back.

Arizona built its lead the old-fashioned, opportunistic way in the second inning. Tim Tawa dropped a bunt single to first that scored Max Kepler, and then Ketel Marte grounded into a fielder's choice — a play Arizona challenged and had upheld — that brought home another run. Just like that, it was 2-0 Diamondbacks before Washington had done much of anything. Eduardo Rodriguez was doing his part on the mound, working through a lineup that would eventually tag him for seven hits over six innings, but keeping the damage contained at two earned runs.

The story of the night, at least for a few innings, looked like it belonged to Crews. With CJ Abrams aboard in the fourth, the Washington outfielder turned on a pitch and sent it 405 feet to left center, a two-run shot that knotted the game at 2-2. The win probability swung from 31% to 49% on that single swing — the biggest momentum shift of the game — and suddenly Washington had life. Zack Littell had been solid through five innings (4 H, 1 ER, 5 K), and Orlando Ribalta followed with 1.1 scoreless innings and three strikeouts. The Nationals' bullpen was holding. For a moment, this felt like Washington's game to take.

It wasn't. Moreno's sac fly in the seventh put Arizona back in front for good, and Juan Morillo slammed the door with a perfect inning — no hits, no walks, one strikeout. Moreno finished 2-for-4 with the decisive RBI. Tawa also went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Marte scored the winning run after going 1-for-5 on the night, which appears to be the kind of quiet, grinding contribution that defines how this Arizona offense operates — multiple contributors, no single dominant bat. Crews' homer was the loudest moment of the game, but Washington couldn't manufacture anything else after tying it, and that's the difference. Arizona got the run it needed in the seventh and protected it. Final: ARI 3, WSH 2.